Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by People > Drinking water source > Improved > Total
DEFINITION:
This entry is derived from People > Drinking water source > Improved, which provides information about access to improved or unimproved drinking water sources available to segments of the population of a country.improved drinking water - use of any of the following sources: piped water into dwelling, yard, or plot; public tap or standpipe; tubewell or borehole; protected dug well; protected spring; or rainwater collection. unimproved drinking water - use of any of the following sources: unprotected dug well; unprotected spring; cart with small tank or drum; tanker truck; surface water, which includes rivers, dams, lakes, ponds, streams, canals or irrigation channels; or bottled water.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
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1 | Mauritius | 99% of population | 2013 | |
2 | Botswana | 96% of population | 2013 | |
3 | Comoros | 95% of population | 2013 | |
4 | Namibia | 93% of population | 2013 | |
5 | South Africa | 91% of population | 2013 | |
=6 | Sao Tome and Principe | 89% of population | 2013 | |
=6 | The Gambia | 89% of population | 2013 | |
=8 | Cape Verde | 88% of population | 2013 | |
=8 | Djibouti | 88% of population | 2013 | |
10 | Gabon | 87% of population | 2013 | |
11 | Ghana | 86% of population | 2013 | |
12 | Malawi | 83% of population | 2013 | |
=13 | Zimbabwe | 80% of population | 2013 | |
=13 | Cote d'Ivoire | 80% of population | 2013 | |
15 | Burkina Faso | 79% of population | 2013 | |
16 | Lesotho | 78% of population | 2013 | |
17 | Cameroon | 77% of population | 2013 | |
18 | Benin | 75% of population | 2013 | |
19 | Guinea | 74% of population | 2013 | |
20 | Liberia | 73% of population | 2013 | |
=21 | Senegal | 72% of population | 2013 | |
=21 | Uganda | 72% of population | 2013 | |
=21 | Burundi | 72% of population | 2013 | |
24 | Swaziland | 71% of population | 2013 | |
25 | Central African Republic | 67% of population | 2013 | |
26 | Rwanda | 65% of population | 2013 | |
=27 | Mali | 64% of population | 2013 | |
=27 | Guinea-Bissau | 64% of population | 2013 | |
=29 | Eritrea | 61% of population | 2013 | |
=29 | Togo | 61% of population | 2013 | |
=29 | Zambia | 61% of population | 2013 | |
32 | Kenya | 59% of population | 2013 | |
=33 | Nigeria | 58% of population | 2013 | |
=33 | Sudan | 58% of population | 2013 | |
=35 | Sierra Leone | 55% of population | 2013 | |
=35 | South Sudan | 55% of population | 2012 | |
37 | Tanzania | 53% of population | 2013 | |
=38 | Angola | 51% of population | 2013 | |
=38 | Chad | 51% of population | 2013 | |
40 | Mauritania | 50% of population | 2013 | |
41 | Niger | 49% of population | 2013 | |
42 | Mozambique | 47% of population | 2013 | |
43 | Madagascar | 46% of population | 2013 | |
44 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 45% of population | 2013 | |
45 | Ethiopia | 44% of population | 2013 | |
46 | Equatorial Guinea | 43% of population | 2013 | |
47 | Somalia | 29% of population | 2013 |